Definition of joint

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"Joint (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe..

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Pack :: Pack (n.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine..
Hough :: Hough (n.) Same as Hock, a joint..
Pseudotetramera :: Pseudotetramera (n. pl.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints..
Joint :: "Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification..
Common :: Common (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
Kneejoint :: Kneejoint (n.) The joint of the knee.
Coagency :: Coagency (n.) Agency in common; joint agency or agent.
Articulated :: Articulated (a.) United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton..
Unite :: Unite (v. t.) United; joint; as, unite consent..
Articulation :: Articulation (n.) One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize..
Unjointed :: Unjointed (a.) Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent..
Rabbet :: Rabbet (n.) Same as Rabbet joint, below..
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced..
Concurrent :: Concurrent (a.) Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts..
Gout :: Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc..
Jointer :: Jointer (n.) A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joine.
Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil..
Disjointly :: Disjointly (adv.) In a disjointed state.
Anarthropodous :: Anarthropodous (a.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
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